The term geopolitics was coined in 1899 it has had many different meanings. They all evolve around its two parts, “geo” and “politics.” First, “geo” can denote various geographic aspects, such as space, soil or territory. It can denote geographic conditions, such as the presence of natural resources in a bounded area. Furthermore, “politics” generally concerns factors that are related to power, such as foreign policy, international relations, and military strategy. This term is currently being used to describe a broad spectrum of concepts, in a general sense used as "a synonym for international political relations", but more specifically "to imply the global structure of such relations.”
Geopolitics focuses on political power linked to geographic space. In particular, territorial waters and land territory in correlation with diplomatic history. Geopolitics include relations between the interests of international political actors focused within an area, a space, or a geographical element, relations which create a geopolitical system.
Impact of Geopolitics
Far from filling the gaps on critical issues like climate change, poverty reduction, and trade liberalization created by underperforming national governments, multinational corporations will face new pressures from political officials, both elected and unelected. Politicians working to manage slowing global growth, widening inequality, populist rivals, and security challenges created by new technologies will assert themselves at the expense of MNCs.
Afghan setback highlights a recent decline in the country’s geopolitical & economic weight.
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